Average food shopping spend?

troo

Any wrote: »

I love the pigs being mentioned:p
What do you feed them with?

Lots of hay (£2 per bale), veg (from the garden in summer, so that's free) and guinea pig nuggets.

BigSpender2_2

Family of 4, (2 children 3yrs & 7mths) spend about £330 a month although trying to cut down. Thats just food and alochol, not cleaning stuff or soap powder etc...

SimbaSimon

Any wrote: »

I love the pigs being mentioned:p
What do you feed them with?

Ours are spoilt rotten, their hay is imported from the USA and guinea excel is their main food. Veggies all organic too hehe.

megw3

I don't know what our average spend is, but I do know that we waste a great deal. Hubby does most of the shopping and can't resist a BOGOF. Also he buys a large loaf at £1 where a small one at 80p will suffice. It is all very well if you have a home-made sandwich every day and have toast for breakfast, but 3 days a week I buy one at work, and so does he, and we have cereal rather than toast, so half a loaf is wasted almost every week.

Same with yoghurts, hubby buys two packs of 8 = 16 yogurts, okay if you both eat one a day, but many days I prefer a banana or a clementine and at least 4 of the yoghurst get ditched.

Hubby rattles on about recycling, but really the answer is to have nothing to recycle! No waste, no carrier bags, no plastic. Don't know how to achieve it, but that is the answer.

Love to all

Margaret

bad_spender

hi guys, just interested in a post about value food....i actually create and launch products for a supermarket. These products are tested against market leaders and more often than not there is very little difference in taste and quality. especially in the *squeeze* most people are feeling now im proud that i launch such products and would love the stigma of value food to go away.......it would make my job easier!

alison6692

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Alison x

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bad_spender wrote: »

hi guys, just interested in a post about value food....i actually create and launch products for a supermarket. These products are tested against market leaders and more often than not there is very little difference in taste and quality. especially in the *squeeze* most people are feeling now im proud that i launch such products and would love the stigma of value food to go away.......it would make my job easier!

We are a family of value-food converts, you will be glad to hear! TBH we don't really notice the majority of the time and it's great to have a full trolley and more change left in your pocket after!
At the end of the day I think people are swayed by packaging and branded goods - to look better in their homes when people come and visit?!
Come on - stuff is kept in cupboards and fridges and I empty a few of our things into tubs/pots anyway so no-one would ever know! I buy a couple of branded goods, for example Fairy washing up liquid, but because it lasts me ages, and if anything is on a deal that makes it 2for1 or less than the non-branded equivalent.
Our local supermarket has gone value-mad and everywhere you look you can find cheaper food - brill!

plzhelpmesave!

agree - value is the way to go! and tbh at the moment people seem to be proud of buying value - quite a few people i know are practically boasting about using the cheapest possible make of everything!

bh, i try to buy what works out to be the cheapest and am not loyal to any shop or brand, e.g. was gonna buy the £2 for 3 bottles of fairy liquid when next in asda but went to poundland where they had 2 bottles of morning fresh for £1 - so got 4 bottles for £2 instead.
Keep your eyes open, calculate the price per weiight/size and you'll get great bargains!

Cactus_2

well we all have to experience money problems before getting it right

SKIPPY

Over the past few weeks i've written a menu so we know what we're eating for the week and I just buy the items I need for that week. It now ranges from about £50-£80 depending on if I have to buy washing powder and such like. It has reduced our shopping bill by about £50.00 - god knows what I used to buy before.